SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory: Adrien Descamps Wins 2024 LCLS Young Investigator Award
October 25, 2024
October 25, 2024
MENLO PARK, California, Oct. 25 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release:
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Descamps was recognized for turning the world's most powerful X-ray laser into a sophisticated tool for probing extremely hot, dense matter.
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With the power of 10 nuclear power plants, a laser beam strikes. For an instant, a ten billionth of a second, the human-hair-thin wafers of plastic and silicon become so hot and dense . . .
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Descamps was recognized for turning the world's most powerful X-ray laser into a sophisticated tool for probing extremely hot, dense matter.
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With the power of 10 nuclear power plants, a laser beam strikes. For an instant, a ten billionth of a second, the human-hair-thin wafers of plastic and silicon become so hot and dense . . .